Friday, August 7, 2009

Shavige Uppittu (Vermicelli Upma)


Shavige is quick and easy to prepare and makes a tasty breakfast entree.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup vermicelli
4 cups water
chopped green chillies
chopped curry leaves
chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp chana dal and urad dal
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
1/4 cup shredded coconut
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing
pinch of turmeric
salt to taste
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp lemon juice(optional)

Method:

Boil 4 cups of water, add the vermicelli,salt and a tsp of oil and cook until tender. Drain and keep aside. Heat oil, add the mustard seeds. When it sputters, add chana dal, urad dal, hing, green chillies,curry leaves and roasted peanuts. Add salt,coconut and vermicelli and mix well. Turn off the heat and add lemon juice. Garnish with chopped coriander.

Serves 3

3 comments:

Springbird said...

Shavige uppittu is looking very nice.

Preeti said...

Your method is different than the one I make .... but the results are same I guess.... why didn't you add onion? Is there a special reason?

Arathi Sridhar said...

thanks soumya..Preeti, I usually add onion but this time decided to try without it, and came out just as good. And yes, the taste is almost the same.